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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Proposed Legislation Seeks a Mandate for Heavy Trucks to Install Side Underguards — Again

Companion bipartisan bills have been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate and House that call for a new regulation that would require trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds to install side underride guards and ensure that rear guards meet an upgraded specified performance standard.

March 12, 2019
BusinessSafety

Fleets on Alert for 'Staged Accidents' as Spotlight Falls on Louisiana Trial

Fender benders on the interstates in and around New Orleans are as common as a homemade bowl of jambalaya for lunch. But an accident on Interstate 10 at Milepost 238 on Nov. 17, 2017, seemed a little strange, as truck driver Robert Runnels recalls it.

March 7, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Legal Status for Transport of Hemp Remains Confusing

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear a legal challenge to the arrest of an Oregon truck driver and seizure of a 6,700-pound load of hemp being transported through Idaho.

March 6, 2019
GovernmentTechnologyFuel

CARB Continues Quest for an Electric Medium-, Heavy-Truck Future

California environmental regulators are working on a plan to speed up the deployment of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks operating on the state’s streets and highways.

February 28, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Virginia Passes Law Aimed at Mitigating Wait Times for CDL Testing

The Virginia Legislature passed a law that will allow the state’s private commercial driver training schools and community colleges to hire third-party commercial driver license testers to help reduce skills-testing delays.

February 26, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Formally Ends Its Driver Diabetes Exemption Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Feb. 21 formally announced the immediate end of its exemption process for the medical certification of insulin-dependent truck and bus drivers.

February 21, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Medical Certification Process Under DOT Inspector General Audit

A spike in truck-involved fatal crashes and fraudulent truck driver medical certification cases has spurred a Department of Transportation Inspector General audit of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s medical certificate program.

February 21, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

YRC Freight Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Government's False Claims Lawsuit

Attorneys for YRC Freight Inc. have asked a federal judge to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit alleging that the company overcharged the federal government on shipments, stating that the plaintiff has failed to build a sufficient case despite years of investigation.

February 21, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Grants Exemption From Flag Rule for Stinger-Steered Auto Haulers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a limited five-year exemption to relieve motor carriers operating stinger-steered automobile transporter equipment from a requirement to place warning flags on projecting loads of new motor vehicles.

February 20, 2019
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyFuel

PHMSA Issues Rule Requiring Oil Spill Response Plans for Flammable Trains

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a final rule that requires railroads to develop and submit comprehensive oil spill response plans for route segments traveled by high-hazard flammable trains.

February 20, 2019